Targeting landmarks of orthopaedic devices
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processing devices and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processing devices, to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising;
receiving signals from a magnetic sensor located at a known position relative to an orthopaedic implant, the orthopaedic implant defining a hole that admits a transfixion element, the hole being defined to admit a transfixion element at two or more targeting locations in the hole;
selecting a first targeting location of the two or more targeting locations, wherein selecting the first targeting location comprises;
accessing information indicating an amount of bone compression; and
selecting, as the first targeting location, a location at which insertion of a transfixion element will cause the amount of bone compression;
determining, based on the signals, a position of a landmark identifier relative to the first targeting location; and
indicating the position of the landmark identifier relative to the first targeting location.
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Abstract
A method for targeting a landmark of an orthopaedic implant comprises implanting the orthopaedic implant in a body. The orthopaedic implant having at least one landmark defining two or more locations for targeting and a first magnetic sensor located at a known distance from at least one of the two or more locations. The method includes comprises identifying one of the locations using a landmark identifier, the landmark identifier having at least one of a second magnetic sensor and a magnetic field generator, installing a transfixion element in the at least one landmark, and identifying a second location using the landmark identifier.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processing devices and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processing devices, to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising; receiving signals from a magnetic sensor located at a known position relative to an orthopaedic implant, the orthopaedic implant defining a hole that admits a transfixion element, the hole being defined to admit a transfixion element at two or more targeting locations in the hole; selecting a first targeting location of the two or more targeting locations, wherein selecting the first targeting location comprises; accessing information indicating an amount of bone compression; and selecting, as the first targeting location, a location at which insertion of a transfixion element will cause the amount of bone compression; determining, based on the signals, a position of a landmark identifier relative to the first targeting location; and indicating the position of the landmark identifier relative to the first targeting location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for targeting a landmark of an orthopaedic implant, the method comprising:
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implanting the orthopaedic implant in a body, the orthopaedic implant having at least one hole defining two or more locations for targeting and a first magnetic sensor located at a known distance from at least one of the two or more locations; identifying a first location of the two or more locations using a landmark identifier, the landmark identifier having at least one of a second magnetic sensor and a magnetic field generator; installing a transfixion element in the at least one hole at the identified first location; and after the transfixion element has been installed and while the transfixion element is in the at least one hole, identifying a second location of the two or more locations using the landmark identifier. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for facilitating a bone compression procedure, the method comprising:
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determining a position of an instrument relative to a target location using an electromagnetic targeting system, the target location being located in a hole defined in an orthopaedic implant, the hole being defined to admit a transfixion element at two or more locations in the hole; displaying, on a display device, representations of the orthopaedic implant, the hole, and the target location; indicating, on the display device, the position of the instrument relative to the target location; and indicating, on the display device, an amount of compression to be applied between bone fragments of a fractured bone by insertion of a transfixion element at the target location. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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an electromagnetic field generator; an orthopaedic implant defining at least one hole that defines two or more targeting locations for receiving a transfixion element, the orthopaedic implant having a magnetic sensor located at a known location relative to at least one of the two or more locations; a landmark identifier; and a control unit configured to; access information indicating an amount of bone compression; select, from among the two or more locations, a target location at which insertion of a transfixion element will cause the amount of bone compression; receive signals from the magnetic sensor; determine a position of the landmark identifier relative to the target location based on the received signals; and indicate the position of the landmark identifier relative to the target location.
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